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Social Statistics for Barbour County, West Virginia

Barbour county west virginia dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,687

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

134

3.6

Kindergarten

171

4.6

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

1,769

48.0

High school (grades 9-12)

786

21.3

College or graduate school

827

22.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

10,510

100.0

Less than 9th grade

1,345

12.8

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,521

14.5

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

4,853

46.2

Some college, no degree

1,243

11.8

Associate degree

310

2.9

Bachelor's degree

703

6.7

Graduate or professional degree

535

5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher

72.7

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.8

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

12,660

100.0

Never married

2,595

20.5

Now married, except separated

7,582

59.9

Separated

107

0.8

Widowed

1,226

9.7

Female

971

7.7

Divorced

1,150

9.1

Female

585

4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

306

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

150

49.0

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

11,951

100.0

Civilian veterans

1,499

12.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

3,450

100.0

With a disability

263

7.6

Population 21 to 64 years

8,825

100.0

With a disability

2,174

24.6

Percent employed

37.1

(X)

No disability

6,651

75.4

Percent employed

68.9

(X)

Population 65 years and over

2,289

100.0

With a disability

1,105

48.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

14,733

100.0

Same house in 1995

9,876

67.0

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

4,814

32.7

Same county

2,511

17.0

Different county

2,303

15.6

Same state

1,372

9.3

Different state

931

6.3

Elsewhere in 1995

43

0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

15,557

100.0

Native

15,472

99.5

Born in United States

15,414

99.1

State of residence

12,755

82.0

Different state

2,659

17.1

Born outside United States

58

0.4

Foreign born

85

0.5

Entered 1990 to March 2000

55

0.4

Naturalized citizen

45

0.3

Not a citizen

40

0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

85

100.0

Europe

35

41.2

Asia

35

41.2

Africa

0

0.0

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

5

5.9

Northern America

10

11.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

14,733

100.0

English only

14,452

98.1

Language other than English

281

1.9

Speak English less than 'very well

77

0.5

Spanish

105

0.7

Speak English less than "very well"

24

0.2

Other Indo-European languages

113

0.8

Speak English less than "very well"

29

0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

37

0.3

Speak English less than "very well"

24

0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

15,557

100.0

Total ancestries reported

11,659

74.9

Arab

18

0.1

Czech1

38

0.2

Danish

12

0.1

Dutch

450

2.9

English

1,506

9.7

French (except Basque)1

145

0.9

French Canadian1

5

0.0

German

2,559

16.4

Greek

3

0.0

Hungarian

65

0.4

Irish1

1,746

11.2

Italian

563

3.6

Lithuanian

18

0.1

Norwegian

41

0.3

Polish

60

0.4

Portuguese

0

0.0

Russian

63

0.4

Scotch-Irish

327

2.1

Scottish

143

0.9

Slovak

13

0.1

Subsaharan African

31

0.2

Swedish

69

0.4

Swiss

45

0.3

Ukrainian

0

0.0

United States or American

2,385

15.3

Welsh

83

0.5

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

0

0.0

Other ancestries

1,271

8.2

(X) Not applicable.1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.